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Accounting for Mental Disorder: Time for a Paradigm Shift

Mad in America

S ince the onset of the pandemic, misery and mental disorder have increased, raising considerable concern about mental health. A well-substantiated body of scientific research argues for rejecting psychiatry’s biological/medical paradigm for mental health and mental disorder and replacing it with a social/psychological paradigm.

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What I Wish I’d Asked Dr. Gabor Maté When I Had the Chance

Mad in America

A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. He was talking about being abandoned for a month at the age of one because his mother was protecting his life during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Is that even possible?

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

Mad in America

She’s the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety and takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. Sometimes, we think we’re experiencing deep mental health issues when we’re actually dealing with inflammation, chronic sleep deprivation, or blood sugar fluctuations. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

Mad in America

A fter years of work involving hundreds of people in dozens of countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have released their joint production, Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation: Guidance and Practice ( WHO/OHCHR , 2023, referred to as the Guidance.

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What Is Beyond a Diagnosis?

Mad in America

My mental health went down fast this time. All those symptoms came back and worse until I was unable to get out of my bedroom, stuck in a world of mental terror. All those symptoms came back and worse until I was unable to get out of my bedroom, stuck in a world of mental terror. I was never given an official diagnosis.

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The Making of a ‘Madness’ That Hides Our Monsters: An Interview with Audrey Clare Farley

Mad in America

Her second book, which we will be discussing today, Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America , explores the lives of the four women behind the National Institute of Mental Health’s famous case study of schizophrenia. She now teaches a course on U.S. history at Mount St. Mary’s University.

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Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders

Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

These signs could point to something more than just occasional stress; they could be part of a more profound mental health condition. I’m Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee, and I’ve spent years in the field of mental health, helping individuals and families navigate the often challenging terrain of psychiatric conditions.